Brighton wages: Who is the best paid player at the Seagulls and everything you need to know about Brighton's salary bill

Since the departure of Robert Sanchez to Chelsea, Dutch custodian Bart Verbruggen has become an undisputed starter for the Seagulls between the sticks and is the highest-earning keeper at the club.

Jason Steele is the only other senior goalie on Brighton's payroll, earning just a little over a million pounds.

Ferdi Kadioglu currently sits at the top of the chart for Brighton in the defensive wage bill.

Second in the list for the highest-earning defenders for Brighton is Lewis Dunk. The 33-year-old has been playing at the centre-back position for Brighton for well over a decade now with over 200 Premier League appearances and is deserving of his current wages.

Following Dunk in the list is his partner in defence, Adam Webster, who has also been a regular starter at the club having played regularly since joining back in 2019.

Jan Paul van Hecke and Imari Samuels are the lowest-paid defenders in the squad, with the latter also the lowest-paid player overall.

Former Manchester City and Liverpool man James Milner is currently the joint-highest paid midfielder at Brighton along with summer signing Mats Wieffer, with the duo earning over £3m apiece. Having shelled out a relatively big sum of money, the expectations from Wieffer to perform are set pretty high.

Taking the third spot in the list for highest-earning midfielders is another new signing, Matt O’Riley, who joined the club from Scottish side Celtic in the summer of 2024.

Carlos Baleba, Jack Hinshelwood, and Yasin Ayari all make just six figures annually and are among the lowest-paid players in the Brighton roster.

No surprise here as the highest-earning attacker at Brighton right now is the electric Kaoru Mitoma. He is followed by Georginio Rutter.

Veteran striker Danny Welbeck finishes at the third in the top-earners list for forwards at Brighton.

The likes of Solly March, Brajan Gruda, and Joao Pedro are earning identical wages, while Simon Adingra and Julio Enciso find themselves at the bottom of the wage list for attackers.

As mentioned previously, Kadioglu is the highest-paid player at the club, with Mitoma and Dunk jointly sharing the second spot. Rutter is the fourth-highest paid player at the club, with the top five being rounded out by Milner.

We don't necessarily have to feel sorry for Imari Samuels, but the 21-year-old left-back is the lowest-paid player in Brighton's first team with a gross annual salary of £156,000.

Ayari is the second-lowest paid figure at the club, while young starlets Enciso and Hinshelwood jointly share the third spot from bottom. Adingra makes his way as the fifth-lowest paid player at Brighton.

But what does that mean for the overall picture? In which area of the pitch are Brighton spending the most money, and how much do they spend annually on salaries for the first team?

The Seagulls are allocating the biggest amount of their payroll on the salaries of their forwards, making up for almost 40% of their expenditure.